Terrence Williams (born 11 January 1948) is a Welsh retired
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drummer. During the 1970s and early 1980s Williams was drummer with Dave Edmunds /
Rockpile
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and
Man
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. Rockpile split in 1981 and Williams joined Dire Straits from 1982 until 1988.
Williams was born in Swansea. During the 1960s, he played in a number of Welsh bands, including Commancheros, The Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy, before joining Dave Edmunds' band
Love Sculpture
Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock band that was active from 1966 to 1970, led by Dave Edmunds (born 15 April 1944 in Cardiff, Wales), with bassist John David (born 19 January 1946 in Cardiff) and drummer Rob "Congo" Jones (born 13 August ...
. In 1970 he joined the Welsh rock group
Man
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, which included two former Dream and Smokeless Zone members,
Deke Leonard
Roger Arnold "Deke" Leonard (18 December 1944 – 31 January 2017) was a Welsh rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business".Rockpile
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with
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and New wave music, new wave,Billy Bremner, and continued working with Leonard.
Between 1981 and 1982, Williams was part of the
Neverland Express
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Band lineups
1977–78 (''Bat Out of Hell'')
* Bob Kulick: lead guitars
* Bruce Kulick: guitars
* Steve Buslowe: bass, vocals
* Jim Steinman: ...
band, backing
Meat Loaf
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. In June 1982 Williams joined Dire Straits as the replacement for drummer
Pick Withers
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, shortly after the release of their fourth studio album ''
Love Over Gold
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''. Williams played with them for the first time on the 1983 EP titled ''
ExtendedancEPlay
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'' (featuring the hit single "
Twisting by the Pool
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") and on the 1982–1983
Love over Gold Tour
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. The band's double live album '' Alchemy: Dire Straits Live'' was a recording of excerpts from the final two concerts from that tour at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983, featuring Williams, and was released in March 1984. In 1983 Dire Straits frontman
Mark Knopfler
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wrote and produced the music score for the film '' Local Hero'', which also featured Williams.
Williams remained with Dire Straits for the recording of their fifth studio album, 1985's '' Brothers in Arms'', however according to a ''
Sound on Sound
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'' magazine interview with co-producer
Neil Dorfsman
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his drumming performance was considered to be unsuitable for the desired sound of the album during the first month of the recording sessions, and he was temporarily replaced by jazz session drummer
Omar Hakim
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, who re-recorded the album's drum parts during a two-day stay and then left. Both Hakim and Williams are credited on the album, although Williams' contribution on the finished album was the song "Walk of life" and the improvised crescendo at the beginning of " Money for Nothing". In another interview with Neil Dorsman, Williams played toms and tom fills throughout “Money for Nothing”, while Omar Hakim played drums on all the remaining tracks on the album, although Williams featured in the music videos for all the hit singles. Williams was back in Dire Straits as a full time member for the hugely successful 1985–1986 Brothers in Arms world tour that followed.Strong, M.C. (1998) ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 207.
After a hiatus of almost two years, Dire Straits regrouped with Eric Clapton to perform at the
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, in which they were the headline act. This was one of the final concerts in which Terry Williams played with Dire Straits. In September 1988 Mark Knopfler announced the official disbanding of Dire Straits and Williams then left the band. The compilation album ''Money for Nothing'' was released in October 1988 and featured selections from Williams’ 1982-85 tenure with the band. Dire Straits did a charity concert in Newcastle in 1989 with Terry on drums. This was his last concert ever with the band. Dire Straits regrouped in 1990 and again in 1991 without Williams as drummer.
In 1988, Williams played drums on albums by
Graham Parker
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Life and career Early career (1960s–1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...
and
Nick Lowe
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Early life
Born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, he moved to Swansea until, aged ...
left, but he departed the following year. He also played in concerts such as the 50th birthday tribute to
John Lennon
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and the 60th birthday of
Chuck Berry
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.
Williams ran a blues club in Swansea from 2000 until 2007.
Carlene Carter
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As of 2020, since 1978, Carter has recorded 12 alb ...
Cliff Richard
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Rockpile
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* ''
Rockpile
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Tracks on Wax 4
''Tracks on Wax 4'' is the fourth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The record was the first Edmunds solo effort to feature all four members of the band Rockpile: Edmunds, Billy Bremner (who also wrote two of the album's songs under t ...
'' (1978)
* ''
Repeat When Necessary
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Recording and release
Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records (see 1979 in music). It was recorded and released at the same time as Ni ...
'' (1979)
* ''
Seconds of Pleasure
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'' (1980)
* '' Twangin...'' (1981)
* ''Riff Raff/I Hear You Rockin'' (2002) compilation
* ''They Call It Rock''
;With
Deke Leonard
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* ''Yo Frankie'' (1989)
;With Dire Straits
* ''
ExtendedancEPlay
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Graham Parker
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Life and career Early career (1960s–1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...
* '' The Mona Lisa's Sister'' (1988)
* ''Passion Is No Ordinary Word'' (1993) compilation ?
* ''No Holding Back'' (1996) compilation
* ''Ultimate Collection'' (2001) compilation
;With
John Illsley
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As one of the founding band members, ...
* ''
Never Told a Soul
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Track listing
All tracks composed by John Illsley
#"Boy with Chinese Eyes"
#"The Night Café"
#"Never Told a Soul"
#"Jimmy on the Central Lin ...
'' (1984)
* ''K. Wallis B. And The Dark Shades Of Night – Diamonds'' (1987)
;With
Man
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* ''To Live for to Die'' (1970)
* ''
Man
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Greasy Truckers Party
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'' (1972)
* ''
Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth
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Christmas at the Patti
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'' (1973)
* ''
Back into the Future
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'' (1973)
* ''
Rhinos, Winos, and Lunatics
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'' (1974)
* ''
Slow Motion
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'' (1974)
* ''1999 Party Tour'' (1974)
* ''
Maximum Darkness
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Mark Knopfler
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Mickey Jupp
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Career
Jupp played in several Southend bands after leaving art college in 196 ...
* ''Juppanese'' (1978)
;With
The Motors
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* ''Tenement Steps'' (1980)
;With
Nick Lowe
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* ''
Cruel to Be Kind
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Paul Brady
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Initially popular for playing ...
* ''
Full Moon
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'' (1986)
;With
The Everly Brothers
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* ''Phil Everly'' (1983)
* ''
EB 84
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Track listing
#"On the Wings of a Nightingale" (Paul McCartney) - 2:33 (US #50, UK #41)
#"Danger Danger" (Frankie Miller) - 3:26
#"The Story ...
Tina Turner
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* ''
Private Dancer
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After several challenging years of going solo after divorcing Ike T ...
Tracey Ullman
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